Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Arkansas Rock-hounds



Rock-hounds? I thought they were the Razorbacks. Oh Luke, you need more training if you want to become an Arkansas Jedi.

In addition to having the only diamond park in the U. S., Arkansas is famous for crystal mines.

The crystal area starts southwest and Little Rock and runs through Hot Springs Village to Oklahoma. We have a number of rock shops near the village and quartz mines on the west side along highway 7.

It's a rock-hounds paradise. You can buy beautiful rocks at almost any price near the village, from 25 cents to thousands of dollars.


I bought a few boxes of cleaned and treated quartz from a near-by shop for only $77 to give as present to my friends back in the flat lands. Each rock or rock formation has a story and will make a nice conversation piece for my pals.

Or for $10 you can go to the mines and get your own. You'll have to do some work and ruin some clothes in the clay, but it's an adventure for you or the family. Where else can you have the adventure of a lifetime for only $10. Want to know more? Try clicking one of these links http://rockhoundingar.com/quartz.html http://www.arkansas.com/things-to-do/crystal-hunting/ http://www.bluemooncrystals.com

http://www.quartzcrystals.net/arkansas.htm http://www.colemanquartz.com/

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That was real interesting H. R. I think I'll make a vacation out of this. With the U.S. Dollar in free-fall, better stay in the U.S. this year.
Can you tell me the low down on Hot Springs? It's just a lot of p r crap that looks pretty, has a lot of words and doesn't say a thing.
How do I get in touch with you when I get there?

Tom Farrow said...

H.R.,
I am the husband of Ramona of Ramona's Kitchen fame. In case you didn't see my facebook post, we really appreciate the kind words and photo you posted about our restaurant. You can't buy promotion that good. I have also started a blog that you may like or least I'd be interested in your opinion. It is at tomfarrowhsv@blogpost.com. I'd also like to get your e-mail address so I can keep you up on other activities in the Village. You can cantact me at Ramonaskitchen@mail.com. BTW, you can refer the fellow asking for more info about Hot Springs to me if you would like. Thanks again.